Florida Cracker Field Day at Warfield Elementary

History comes alive for Indiantown students

Iris Wall (center), famously known as Indiantown's Cracker Cowgirl, unravels a rope for second-grade students to practice their roping skills during Warfield Elementary School's inaugural Florida Cracker Field Day for second and fourth-grade students in Indiantown on Monday. Other guests that the students met include Whitney Edwards, Wall's granddaughter who cracked her whip and showed the kids how to do the same; Greg Fredrick, Adams Ranch brander and Benjamin Dehart, the Cracker tenor who sang to the children. "This is all part of Florida history, so we are learning about our local history, too," said Susan Wardell, a fourth-grade teacher. The morning event was made possible with a grant from the Indiantown Education Coalition.

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